Fwd: Re: the shape of Latah County government

["bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>]

Carol told me that for reasons as yet undiscovered, this message did not 
go to the 2020 list as she intended.  So, I am resending it.  BL

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>From: Carol Alexander <carola@idaho.tds.net>
>Subject: Re: the shape of Latah County government
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>Bill: and visionaries:
>
>With certain actions that the two incumbent republican commissioners 
have=
> taken, I am quite concerned that voter apathy and ignorance of the 
ballo=
>t measure of optional forms of county government will be a voter 
roulette=
> slaughter. 
>
>For those interested, I've posted the full text of the optional forms 
of =
>government report from the study commission, as well as the full text 
of =
>the dissenting opinion on the commissioners' home page 
(http://users.mosc=
>ow.com/latahbc/) and also on Loreca Stauber's personal home page 
(http://=
>users.moscow.com/ljstauber/).  
>
>This should be a topic of keen interest to every voter, and it should 
be =
>discussed at length.  The county manager form of government will not be 
=
>cheaper for the taxpayers; it may, in fact, cost more.  Checks and 
balanc=
>es that exist to a certain extent now, will fall by the wayside. Checks 
=
>and balances are currently being eroded by the republican majority on 
the=
> Board of Latah County Commissioners.  The most recent action is a 
motion=
> and order to have the department heads report only to the Chairman of 
=
>the Board of Commissioners. This action was taken by DeWitt and 
Spangler =
>on a day when they knew Stauber would be absent to attend a funeral 
(Wedn=
>esday 8/12//98).  The topic was not on the agenda for discussion, and 
yet=
> a final decision was made.  
>
>Freedoms are suddenly lost in one coup d'etat, they are eroded slowly 
and=
> with the consent of the voters who retain unethical elected officials. 
=
> 
>
>I for one, hope the voters wake up and see that they are getting the 
shor=
>t end of the stick by such actions as the one I mentioned above.  If we 
=
>really don't need three commissioners to make decisions for good of the 
=
>county citizens/taxpayers, then why do we elect three? If the decision 
=
>of one is sufficient, as that action would make it appear, are not a 
few =
>short steps away from no longer needing to vote, or to debate?  Isn't 
one=
> person making the decisions called a dictator? What happened to 
democrac=
>y?  
>
>Thank you for letting me air my outrage at the erosion of good 
government=
> in Latah County.
>
>Carol 
>carola@idaho.tds.net
>
>
>


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